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A focus shift has been taking place among oil and gas corporate venturers, which is borne out in our most recent research.

Each Friday, the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Slack Fund has contributed to a $200m series A round for 1Password, the password manager’s first funding round since it was founded in 2005.

Xiaomi has made a strategic investment in the electric vehicle manufacturer’s $400m series C round alongside several unnamed new and existing backers.

Foundry Group has led a $55m series D round for Whoop, which has now raised more than $100m from investors also including Infosys and NFL Players Association.

Monthly Analysis: October 2019

GCV was delighted to head to São Paulo in October to co-host the fifth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference, in partnership with ApexBrasil, and to hold our inaugural GCV Academy in the region.

This year’s Global Corporate Venturing Asia Congress from October 1-2 welcomed a delegation of about 50 international corporate venturers.

Third-year update on CVC programs’ potential impact on public stock price performance

It is an irony that as the world moves to cleaner sources of energy it is increasingly reliant on one of the most challenging industries for the commodities.

Academic research towards quantum computing and other quantum technologies is beginning to pay dividends, but continued progress will rely on strong cooperation between academic, industry and government partners.